Questions tagged [lifting-body]
Questions pertaining to aircraft which get their lift from the shape of the fuselage rather than wings.
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What should be the size of a lifting body aircraft that can carry 5 passengers (385kg/850lbs)?
So I just want to know the size of an aircraft with a lifting body that would fly at low altitudes (around 40 meters/100 feet), and at low speeds (maximum 200 km/h 124 mph). But I don't know if these ...
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Do all Fuselage sections have same performances?
The Burnelli machines had an airfoil shaped fuselage;
some indicate near 10% of lift in a 21 century airliner comes from
fuselage; 'Flying Wing' concept is old, and still attracts many;
bottom of ...
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